The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-08-20
MICHIGAN.


son Saturday. He was 6S years old
and well known throughout the State.
AT the State Printing Office, at
Lansing, Otto Schrieber, a bookbinder,
fell with the freight elevator Two
floors, smashing and splintering his
right leg below the knee. Employees
had been warned, on pain of dismissal,
not TO use the elevator.
At the competitive drill between the
two companies OF college cadets at
Lansing, the colors were Won by Com
pany A. Capt. Bates. The judges
were Col. Black Of Fort Wayne, and
Adjt. Appleyard, o. the State troops.
In the Individual competition in the
manual Of arms Corpl. j. w. O'Bannon,
won the medal.
Quite an event in colored society
took place at Grand Rapids by the
marriage Of Alexander Washington.
a man aged IS years, TO Mrs. Harriet
Pvndleton, aged ~ years. Both are
quite prominent citizens in colored
society and the match, while the
parties are aged, is considered good
one. The attendance was quite large.
The long. continued drouth has
ruined the potatoes and corn crop
near kalamazoo. Reports from
various parts in that region are that
farmers are cutting up the stalks of
the corn crop so hopelesly lost. Fires
have broken out in all directions.
Sunday Lyman Hayden, near Kali
amazoo, lost 200 rods Of fence and
several large ricks OF hay, and his
large bearing apple orchard was ruin
ed
In the same neighborhood another
farmer lost 100 rods OF fence, and
several others over 100 rods. From
several localities word comes that
forests, marshes, and fences are on
fire, and other work is suspended to
stay the progress of the flames. Forest
fires between East Tiiwas and sable
and northwest of East Tawas are sup
posed to dave been started by berry
pickers. Every kind of vegetation is
suffering from the drouth.
Many more visitors were present
in camp on Saturday nj Island Lake,
Brighton, than any day before. The
The day has been unusually quiet and
orderly. A guard of the Fourth Regi-
ment was found off duty and called
before his company which promptly
voted his discharge. His Colonel APP
proved their action aud he was sent
home. The quarters of the Emmett
rifles whose member was kill ed Satur-
day are draped in mourning.
"A shooting ARRAY took place at
Eaton Rapids saturday night between
John Williams and - Clark. Will
Jams was attending Salvation Army
meeting with his sister, when Clark
came in and asked for an Introduction,
and, on being refused, became very
abusive. He left the barracks, collect
ing "a lot of his friends, and, when
Williams passed out on his way home,
Clark renewed the Insult by striking
Williams in the face, who instantly
drew his revolver and fired. the ball
entering Clark's breast just below the
heart. He died the following morning.
Williams was brought 10 Charlotte and
placed in confinement.
"A very clever capture of two jail
breakers from Columbus City, Ind,
was made at Grand Rapids by the
Sheriff. They gave their names as
Downey and York, and were enticed
into the box car of freight train on
the supposition that they were getting
free ride. The conductor having an
idea that they were men wanted. On
their arrival here they were locked up
and tonight officers from Columbus
City arrived 10 take them back. They
are charged with robbing cars on the
Wabash Road and escaped Tuesday.
coming directly North. A third one
Of the gang managed TO escape, the
officer having all he could do to hold
the two.
One OF the little incidents which
sometimes occur 10 relieve the monot-
ony OF courts transpired during
session of the United States Court nc
Marquette the other day. 1t seems
that the instructions OF the department
are that remittances from postotiices
Of a certain class must be made every
day. These instructions the former
Postmaster at the 500 had failed 20
observe, and as couple of his remit
fences had gone astray the government
was suing 10 recover the amount.
Special agents had been over the ground
carefully, and had given the Offices
between the future metropolis and
Mackinac considerable attention. One
of the Postmasters In charge of one OF